8.—7

42

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

CLASS III.—POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT— continued.

19 10-21. POST AND TELEGRAPH WORKING-EXPENSES — continued. £ £ VOTE No. 9—continued. CONVEYANCE OF OCEAN MAILS—continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. Pacific Services — £ Vancouver service ... ... 20,000 San Francisco service ... ... 25,000 Resident Agency, San Francisco ... 200 North American and overland transit 6,100 Australia-San Francisco service ... 400 51,700 Coastal Services— Auckland services, including Great Barrier ... ... 2,600 Blenheim services ... ... 1,250 Chatham Islands ... ... 500 Invercargill services ... ... 350 Nelson services ... ... 215 Wellington-Pelorus Sound ... 460 5,375 Gratuities and landing and shipping Postal Union transit charges 30,000 800 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 90,575 22,500 68,075 CONVEYANCE OF INLAND MAILS. Charges for and incidental to — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport New services, &c. (all districts) 34,000 2,000 12,500 12,000 8,500 1,500 2,000 6,000 10,000 6,500 6,500 1,200 4,800 6,000 10,000 26,500 2,000 7,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 159,000 7,000 152,000